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  chief 
  entomologfists 
  of 
  his 
  day, 
  — 
  Latreille, 
  Fabiicius, 
  Afzelius, 
  Gyllenhal, 
  Leach, 
  

   MacLeay, 
  — 
  and 
  above 
  all, 
  the 
  numerous 
  letters 
  given 
  from 
  the 
  correspondence 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  himself 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Spence, 
  add 
  other 
  charms 
  to 
  the 
  volume 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  

   we 
  learn 
  the 
  interesting 
  fact, 
  that 
  the 
  world-famed 
  ' 
  Introduction 
  to 
  Entomology,' 
  al- 
  

   though 
  first 
  suggested 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kirby, 
  owes 
  its 
  great 
  interest 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Spence, 
  Mr. 
  Kirby 
  

   having 
  proposed 
  it 
  merely 
  as 
  a 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  Marsham's 
  ' 
  Entomologia 
  Britan- 
  

   nica; 
  ' 
  whereas 
  the 
  suggestion 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  work 
  a 
  ^'■popular 
  introduction 
  to 
  Entomo- 
  

   logy,"* 
  including 
  "the 
  uses, 
  properties, 
  habits 
  &c. 
  of 
  insects," 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Spence. 
  

   Other 
  interesting 
  pieces 
  of 
  bibliographical 
  information 
  are, 
  that 
  Lewin's 
  ' 
  Natural 
  His- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales' 
  was 
  written 
  by 
  MacLeay, 
  (p. 
  227) 
  : 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  entomological 
  descriptions 
  in 
  Sowerby's 
  ' 
  British 
  Miscellany,' 
  were 
  written 
  by 
  

   Mr, 
  Kirby, 
  (p. 
  275). 
  

  

  M. 
  Mulsant 
  has 
  published 
  au 
  excellent 
  Biographical 
  and 
  Bibliographical 
  Memoir 
  

   of 
  M. 
  Solier, 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Opuscules 
  Entomologiques.' 
  

  

  A 
  necrological 
  notice 
  of 
  Gustav 
  Kunze, 
  by 
  Herr 
  Keichenbach, 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society 
  of 
  Leipzig, 
  on 
  the 
  13ih 
  of 
  May, 
  1851, 
  has 
  

   been 
  published. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Melly, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Schaum, 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Stet- 
  

   tin 
  Ent. 
  Zeilung 
  for 
  Mafch, 
  1852. 
  

  

  A 
  biographical 
  notice 
  jaf 
  the 
  late 
  Professor 
  Car. 
  Guiseppe 
  Gene, 
  by 
  M. 
  Sismondi, 
  

   appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Memoirs 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Academy 
  of 
  Turin,' 
  2nd 
  ser. 
  tome 
  xi. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  Summary 
  of 
  Entomological 
  Bibliography, 
  commenced 
  by 
  Bunneister 
  

   and 
  Erichson, 
  has 
  been 
  continued 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Schaum, 
  to 
  whom 
  we 
  are 
  now 
  indebted 
  for 
  

   the 
  Berichts 
  of 
  the 
  years 
  1849 
  and 
  1850. 
  

  

  A 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Publications 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1851, 
  containing, 
  1. 
  

   Works 
  published 
  in 
  America 
  ; 
  and 
  2. 
  Works 
  published 
  elsewhere, 
  comprising 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  of 
  insects 
  of 
  (N"orth 
  and 
  South) 
  America, 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  Charles 
  

   Gerard 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  American 
  Journal 
  of 
  Science 
  and 
  Arts,' 
  2nd 
  ser. 
  xiii. 
  

  

  M. 
  Bohemann 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  upon 
  Insects, 
  Myriapoda, 
  

   and 
  Arachnida 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1849 
  and 
  1850, 
  in 
  the 
  Kongl. 
  Vensk. 
  Akad. 
  Stockholm, 
  

   1852, 
  containing 
  notices 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  number 
  of 
  books 
  and 
  memoirs, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  or 
  scarcely 
  

   known 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  Address 
  delivered 
  by 
  myself 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  January, 
  1852, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  

   Bibliographical 
  Appendix 
  of 
  works 
  published 
  in 
  1851, 
  has 
  been 
  honoured 
  by 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Proceedings.' 
  

  

  General 
  Introductory 
  Works. 
  — 
  The 
  'Cours 
  Elementaire 
  d'Histoire 
  Natu- 
  

   relle 
  : 
  Zoologie,' 
  by 
  Professor 
  Milne-Edwards, 
  has 
  reached 
  a 
  sixth 
  edition. 
  The 
  sale 
  

   of 
  24,000 
  copies 
  sufficiently 
  attests 
  its 
  value, 
  whilst 
  the 
  statement 
  on 
  the 
  title-page, 
  — 
  

   " 
  Ouvrage 
  adopte 
  par 
  le 
  Conseil 
  de 
  I'lnstruction 
  Publique, 
  et 
  approuve 
  par 
  Monsei- 
  

   gneur 
  I'Archeveque 
  de 
  Paris,'' 
  — 
  indicates 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  public 
  instruction, 
  including 
  Na- 
  

   tural 
  History, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  hitherto 
  advocated 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  by 
  our 
  best 
  authors, 
  

   but 
  in 
  vain. 
  The 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  treats 
  upon 
  the 
  generalities 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  the 
  

   functions, 
  senses, 
  and 
  structure 
  of 
  animals, 
  whilst 
  the 
  second 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  is 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  a 
  concise 
  but 
  well-defined 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  clases 
  and 
  orders 
  of 
  the 
  Animal 
  

  

  * 
  Letter 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Kirby, 
  November 
  3, 
  1808, 
  p. 
  286. 
  

  

  